Louisville Louisville, January 14, 1862. Colonel Garfield, ecmmanding Eighteenth Brigade, reports that on the 7th instant he attacked and drove the enemy from his intienchments at Paintsville, killing 3 and…
HEADQUARTERS ADVANCE GUARD, Cave City, Ky., December 19, 1861. SIR: At 8 a. m. on the 17th instant I moved towards Woodsonville, for the purpose of breaking up the railroad…
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH BRIGADE, Camp Wood, Ky., December 18, 1861. Respectfully forwarded. By direction of the general commanding the division I threw two regiments across the river to the assistance of…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, BEECH GROVE, K. Y., North of the River opposite Mill Springs, December 14, 1861. SIR: On the 2d instant I informed you that I had, from the south…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST KENTUCKY BRIGADE, Somerset, December 8, 1861. GENERAL: We met the enemy’s scouts this evening about 3 miles to the west of the village; the collision took place between…
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH BRIGADE, Fort Holt, Ky., Sunday, December 1, 1861. At 3.15. p. m. Lieutenant Mathie, commanding Company F, Sereni Illinois, otio of the day, reported to these headquarters the…
REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS, Hopkinsville, Ky., December 5, 1861. Leaving Hopkinsville November 24 with 300 men and their officers, : under orders from brigade headquarters, we went to Greenville, where we found…
APALAOHICOLA APALAOHICOLA, October 1, 1861. Hon. SECRETARY OF WAR, Richmond, Va. : SIR: The citizens of Apalachicola, under a deep sense of their present insecurity and anxiety for the safety…
ATLANTA, G. A. ATLANTA, G. A., September 26, 1861. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN. Secretary of War: Thank you for the order for the 1,000 guns to General Lawton. Let me…
SAVANNAH SAVANNAH, September 25, 1861. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War : I can do nothing, for want of arms, unless I hold those now landing from steamer Bermuda.…